Catcher in the rye vocab Chapters 1-12

Question 1

Scrawny

Answer 1

Adj. Lean & Bony

Question 2

Foils

Answer 2

Noun Fencing Swords

Question 3

Grippe

Answer 3

Noun Flu/Sickness

Question 4

Innumerable

Answer 4

Adj. Infinite

Question 5

Qualms

Answer 5

Noun Regrets

Question 6

Rostrum

Answer 6

Noun Stage for speaking

Question 7

Chiffonier

Answer 7

Noun Drawers with a Mirror

Question 8

Sadist

Answer 8

Noun Someone who enjoys causing or seeing pain

Question 9

Falsetto

Answer 9

Noun High pitched voice

Question 10

Exhibitionist

Answer 10

Noun Attention whore, someone who acts in attention seeking ways

Question 11

Hound’s Tooth

Answer 11

Adj. A type of woven or printed pattern

Question 12

Unscrupulous

Answer 12

Adj. Without Moral conscience

Question 13

Gore

Answer 13

Noun Thick blood from a cut or wound

Question 14

Pacifist

Answer 14

Noun Anti war persons

Question 15

Tiff

Answer 15

Noun Small fight/quarl

Question 16

Gladstone

Answer 16

Noun Small suitcase

Question 17

Lavish

Answer 17

Verb Giving something in large amounts

Question 18

Conscientious

Answer 18

Adj. Controlled or done according to conscience

Question 19

Incognito

Answer 19

Adj. Hidden identity

Question 20

Pervert

Answer 20

Noun Person who practices abnormal sexual behaviors

Question 21

Psychic

Answer 21

Adj. Able to perceive unshown feelings and the future

Question 22

Putrid

Answer 22

Adj. Evil, vile

Question 23

Verification

Answer 23

Noun Evidence that verifies something

Question 24

Suave

Answer 24

Adj. Persuasive pleasing

Question 25

Immaterial

Answer 25

Adj. Irrelevant

Question 26

Sterling

Answer 26

Adj. Thoroughly excellent

Question 27

Crocked

Answer 27

Adj. Drunk